15 Comments on The All-Fraud Team

Brien Taylor, the Yankees’ No. 1 pick from about 1993, deserves a spot on the pitching staff. I don’t think he ever pitched an inning in the big leagues. His mother, you may recall, acted as his agent and was a rather opinionated sort.
I am not sure about Sierra. He had a good career, but fizzled pretty early. Was he a ‘roider, or did he just not fulfill his talent?

chris brown,,,,,wow,,,,,giant 3Ber,,,,died a few years back so has uribe,,the young SF inf from the late 80’s,,,,, benji gill,,,yikes,,not sure they would be in the top 100 of the last 20 years for each position,,,,,,nice to hear those names though,,, im an eddie zosky man myself,,,or the bigger load,,george i have an ego the size of GA lombard

If you’re just going with highly regarded misses, you could throw Mark Lewis into that mix. Drafted #1 overall in ’88. Enough of an MLB career to make a bit of a mark (no pun intended) but not what he was hyped up to be.

I remember Chris Brown as the guy Sparky Anderson cut from the Tigers when he begged out of the lineup because he’d slept on his eye wrong.

Brien Taylor’s mom was a pretty good agent. I remember reading her saying that Brien wasn’t coming to the Yankees unless he got “Van Poppel money”. And the Yankees gave in. Too bad her dumbass son ruined his career in a bar fight.

Remember Matt White? Scott Boras found a loophole in the amateur draft rules which made this guy a free agent.Tampa Bay signed him for a $10 million bonus and he ended up never making it to the majors.

Chris Brown was a guy who just didn’t care, which made him kind of endearing in a way. I understand that he just really didn’t care for the game or the lifestyle, he was much happier driving a truck. RIP big guy.

I liked a lot of your choices, but I think the biggest glaring omission is Brady Anderson—to me the poster boy of the ‘roids era. I might be tempted to give Sierra a pass, he had a really strange career. He blasted onto the scene in the Summer of ’86, Had a great year in ’87 and a fabulous year in ’89. In the 90’s he bounced from team to team, and found himself in the minors late in the decade, yet bounced back and wound up playing 20 years in the majors. Interesting dude.